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Letters Patent No. 84,747, lated December 8, 1868.

IMPROVED CAR-COUPLING.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part' of the same.

To all whom it may concern e Be it known that I, C. MCINTURFF, ot' Green/yille, in the county of Greene, and State of rIenne'ssee, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Car- Oonplers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construetion and operation ofthe same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and t0 the letters and tignrcs of reference marked thereon. l

Figure lV of the drawings is a representation of a plan view of my device, and

Figure 2 is a sectional'view thereof.

My invention relates to that class of devices designed for connecting and disconnecting railroad-cars, without obliging the operator to pass between them, and thereby endangering life and limb.

It consists in constructing a head-piece, to be attached to each bumper otl the ear, so adjusted and arranged as to render their union a nia-tter of necessity whenever they are brought together.` Two ot' these head-pieces are shown on the drawings, and their relative position to each other atter the connection has been made.

The letter A represents a bar, pivoted, at its rear end, to the main bar.

B is a hook, tirnily attached to bar A, in the manner shown.

Letter G is a. sliding block, adjusted in the mannerrepresented, its rear end being connected with 4the coiled spring D, by whichits lnorements are regulated.

Letter G is an elbow-lever, atiixcd to the outside ot' the main block.

Its lower arln passes through the slot in said block, and has arranged thereon a shoulder, a, by which the operator is enabled to raise the bar A at will.

Letter'H is a spring, adjusted as shown, the'oce of which is to aid in regulating the movements of said bar A, furnishing nica-ns, in addition to elbow-lever G.

for raising the saine.

My dence operates as follows, namely: One of my head-pieces or blocks is attached rmiy t-o the end of each car-bumper. lhe cars are then crowded toward each other on the track, and, as soon as theyapproach sufficiently near, the front ends of levers A, respectively, are forced against the front ends ot' sliding blocks C, pushing them backward until the hooks B a-re broughtinnnediately above the openings c. The springs H then force said hooks into said openings, and the coupling is complete.

To uncouple the cars, the operator, standing on the leilatt'orni, raises the lever A upward, either with the wires K or the elbo\\le\'ers G.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- A' A car-coupler, composed of the bars A, with hooks B and springs H, and sliding blocks C with springs D, when used in connection with the levers G, all constructed and arranged substantially as described, and for the purposes specified.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed niy naine, in the presence of two witnesses.

C. MCINTURFF.

H. L. TERRELL, Joni. TERRELL. 

